Jose Tapia from MTV’s "The Real World" was at Palm Beach Community College’s Boca Raton campus this morning trying to get students fired up about voting.
“People give all kinds of reasons for not voting including not liking a candidate or not wanting to be called for jury duty,” said Tapia.
He continued by saying nether reason is valid, particularly with such clear distinctions between candidates.
“Look at their positions on abortion, gay marriage, health care and everything else, and you are bound to like one more than the other,” he said.
Jurors are selected through driver’s licenses, so Tapia said that argument is also invalid.
“I’ve been to more than 50 schools during this Rock the Vote tour, and the students seem genuinely engaged with and excited about the issues,” he said.
The Student Government Association sponsored the event and president Talia Moesch, 23, spoke from personal experience.
“I voted four years ago but was not nearly as engaged with the whole process. This time around, I have done research and really paid close attention to the issues, and I think that is true of large portions of young adults,” she said.
Moesch said the event is extremely important considering that the second largest group of non-voters in the country are young adults between the ages of 18 and 26.